HR 5096 — Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

Summary

This bill amends federal law to prohibit excluding individuals from federal jury service based on disability or age. It replaces the existing disqualification for "infirmity" with a more specific standard that would disqualify only those with disabilities that cannot be reasonably accommodated. The bill requires that individuals not be excluded from jury service due to disability if they can be qualified through reasonable accommodation. These changes extend protections against discrimination to jury service, treating disability and age similarly to other protected characteristics.

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Sponsor (1)

Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)

16 cosponsors

Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO)
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL)
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA)
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA)
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Lateefah Simon’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

EXELIXIS $10,350
UCSF $9,810
EXELIXIS INC. $8,600
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP $8,348
KEKER VAN NEST & PETERS $7,350

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Lateefah Simon → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)

Sep 2, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
Sep 2, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)

Introduced in House · Sep 2, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 2, 2025

Ms. Simon (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Min, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Huffman, and Ms. Kelly of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of disability.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act”.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL JURIES ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY.

(a) Discrimination Prohibited.—Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting “disability, age,” after “origin,”.

(b) Qualifications for Jury Service.—Section 1865 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking “infirmity” inserting “disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(c) No person may be disqualified from serving on grand and petit juries in the district court under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection

(b) on account of disability if the person would be qualified under such paragraph (2) or (3) by reasonable accommodation.”. <all>

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